I made a similar point, or maybe it was me you were chatting to?Jekyll wrote:Funnily enough one guy I was chatting to yesterday said that the 'Discovery' screen feels a lot more frightfesty these days, with the main screen seeming to having to show more bums on seats mainstream kind of films.
I think next year I might investigate the discovery screen a lot more.
I think that in the past we'd have seen more of those more obscure or less well-promoted films on the main screen, and maybe that main screen would not have been so full. The extra slots mean that the content is spread out more. I was a bit disappointed that VHS was shown in the extra slot, since it played to a full "home" crowd while there were others that could have been another screening. Or even Maniac for people too old/tired/whatever to stay up late.
But on the whole, I am not going to grumble too much since I appreciate the mix of (sub)genres, tastes catered for and timings governed by availability of film makers, distributors and actors etc.